JPH09190565A - Paper sheets processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately detect and confirm paper sheets led to a discrimination part by sizes at this part based on the pass time of and external shape information on the paper sheets and also to correct the displacement of paper sheets to stably carry them by preparing a specific control means. SOLUTION: A discrimination part 14 is prepared in a common line of upper and lower carrier lines L1 and L2 and discriminates the external shapes, the denomination judging elements and the authenticity judging elements of the paper money which pass through the part 14. The part 14 also measures the pass confirmation function and the displacement value of every sheet of paper money. When the external size and the displacement value L of paper money A are discriminated, a displacement correction mechanism 15 prepared at the preceding stage of a temporary holding part 16 is driven to correct the displacement of the paper money led to the mechanism 15. Thus, the paper money carried with a displacement can be corrected into a proper carrying position before the part 16 by the operation of the mechanism 15. As a result, the stably aligned accumulation of paper money is always secured at the part 16 and also the stable paying-out operations of paper money are secured even in a paying-out mode.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a paper sheet processing apparatus that is internally configured in an automatic transaction machine that handles paper sheets such as banknotes, and more specifically, efficiently monitors paper sheets having different sizes. The present invention relates to a paper sheet processing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A bill depositing / dispensing machine for handling bills will be described below as an example. In the case of domestic bills used in transactions with this bill depositing / dispensing machine, the sensor passage light-shielding time per sheet is set in consideration of the preset bill size of 1,000 yen bills, 5,000 yen bills, and 10,000 yen bills. Therefore, it is configured so that the passage of each banknote can be confirmed.

In the case of foreign banknotes of which the banknote size greatly differs depending on the denomination, for example, if the banknote size is about doubled, it is not possible to accurately confirm the passage from the light-shielding time when passing through the sensor. I could not easily change the usage for foreign countries with a large difference.

[0004] Further, there is known a dispenser having a storage unit corresponding to the size-specific banknotes in the cassette itself, which compares the light-shielding time of the sensor with the outline information of the banknotes when passing through the sensor to confirm the feeding of one banknote. ing.

However, when using the deposit, it is not possible to change the use of the deposited banknote to a storage place other than the cassette, such as a reject cassette, and the internal processing of the banknote is limited, so that the processing capacity cannot be improved.

Further, the conveying path in this case is configured as a wide conveying path which allows the conveyance of various kinds of banknotes of different sizes for each denomination, and therefore, small-width banknotes are easily deviated in the width direction. If they are stacked in a state, they will be scattered and they cannot be fed normally when they are fed next time. For this reason, at present, many sensors for deviation measurement are arranged on a horizontal line of the conveyance path, and the deviation amount is measured from the light-shielding signal of each sensor at the time of passing a bill to check the conveyance state of various paper sheets. Detected and determined.

However, in this case, a large number of sensors for measuring the deviation are required on the conveying path, which causes a problem of high cost.

[0008]

Therefore, the present invention focuses on obtaining the passage information and the deviation information of the paper sheet in the discriminating unit, and the discriminating unit uses the discriminator from the transit time and the outer shape information of the paper sheet in the discriminating unit. An object of the present invention is to provide a paper sheet processing apparatus capable of accurately detecting and confirming paper sheets of different sizes guided by the above, correcting deviation of the paper sheets, and stably conveying the paper sheets.

[0009]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
A paper sheet processing device for discriminating paper sheets guided on a conveyance path by a discriminating unit, wherein outer dimension data of the paper sheets discriminated by the discriminating unit and passage of the paper sheets passing through the discriminating unit. A control means for collecting time data is provided.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, a passage time detecting means for detecting the passage time of the paper sheet is provided on the conveyance path, and the passage time data of the paper sheet on the conveyance path detected by the passage time detection means is discriminated. It is characterized in that it is provided with a comparison means for comparing the transit time data of the paper sheets that have passed through the set.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a paper sheet processing apparatus for discriminating and carrying out a paper sheet guided on a carrying path, wherein the outer dimension of the paper sheet and the deviation amount of the paper sheet are detected. A discriminating section for discriminating, a deviation amount correcting means for correcting the conveying deviation amount of the paper sheet discriminated by the discriminating portion on the conveying path, and the deviation amount correcting means based on the conveying deviation amount of the paper sheet. It is characterized in that it is provided with a control means for controlling.

[0012]

According to the present invention, when the paper sheet is conveyed, the control means includes the external dimension data of the paper sheet discriminated by the discrimination section,
The passing time data of the paper sheet when passing through the discrimination section is collected and the passage of the paper sheet is confirmed.

Similarly, when the paper sheet is conveyed, the comparing means uses the passage time data of the paper sheet detected by the passage time detecting means on the conveying path and the passage time data of the paper sheet when passing through the discrimination section. To confirm the passage of paper sheets.

Further, the paper sheet guided to the discriminating section at the time of carrying the paper sheet is discriminated by the discriminating section between the outer dimension of the paper sheet and the deviation amount of the conveyance, and the discriminated paper sheet is Based on the conveyance deviation amount, the control means drives and controls the deviation amount correcting means to correct the conveyance deviation amount of the paper sheet on the conveyance path.

[0015]

As a result, the size of the paper sheet can be accurately detected and confirmed by the discriminating section, so that the paper sheet has a high detection ability for clearly determining the type of the paper sheet at the passing position of the discriminating section. Therefore, it becomes easy to monitor the paper sheets thereafter. In addition, since the discriminating unit has storage information such as external dimension data for accurately discriminating bills, the discriminating unit can change the type of paper sheet just by exchanging the discriminating unit, and the software change in the control unit can be omitted. You can change the usage.

Further, during the paper sheet storage processing, the paper sheet can be accurately discriminated by the discrimination section, so that the paper sheet storage section can be selected and stored according to the discrimination contents. For example, it is possible to change the storage location from a prescribed cassette to a reject cassette or the like according to the operation status and perform storage processing.

Further, since the discriminating section can detect the deviation amount of the paper sheet conveyance, many deviation detecting sensors for detecting the deviation of the bill on the conveyance path can be omitted, and the paper sheet deviation can be eliminated. Quantitative detection can be configured at low cost.

[0018]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a banknote processing device 11 that is internally configured in a banknote depositing / dispensing machine. This banknote processing device 11 is provided with a depositing port 12 and a dispensing port 13 that also serves as a return port on the upper front surface (upper left in the figure). Inward that communicates with the deposit / withdrawal ports 12 and 13,
An identification unit 14 for identifying deposit / withdrawal banknotes, a deviation correction mechanism 15 for correcting the deviation amount in the conveyance width direction of the banknotes, and returning the banknote
A temporary holding section 16 for temporarily holding for taking in, first to fourth cassettes C1 to C4 for storing bills by denomination, and a reject cassette for collecting bills judged to be defective in identification, unfit bills, forgotten bills, etc. C5 is built in, and these are connected in a recycle type by loop-shaped transfer lines L1 and L2.

In this case, the upper side of the banknote handling apparatus 11 is provided in a banknote handling group 17 for banknote transport, and the lower side is provided in a banknote handling group 18 for banknote storage, so that the upper and lower sides of the banknote handling apparatus 11 serve as a transport system and a storage system. It is configured separately.

The transfer processing group 17 on the upper side includes a deposit port 12,
An upper transport line L1 that connects the dispensing port 13, the identification unit 14, the deviation correction mechanism 15, and the temporary holding unit 16 in a loop,
Upper and lower transfer lines L1 and L with respect to a lower transfer line L2 that connects the identification unit 14 and the cassettes C1 to C5 in a loop.
2 are connected and configured, and these upper and lower transfer lines L1
, L2 and the banknote input / output portions of the lower cassettes C1 to C5 are provided with a large number of passage detection sensors S for detecting and confirming the passage of the banknote A to detect and confirm the deposit / withdrawal processing state.

The storage processing group 18 on the lower side includes first to fourth cassettes for storing 1,000-yen bills, 5,000-yen bills, 10,000-yen bills, spare bills and mixed bills from the front side to the rear side of the banknote handling apparatus 11. C
1 to C4 and reject cassette C5 are arranged,
Banknotes are taken in and out of these cassettes to allow deposit and withdrawal transactions.

Banknote A inserted into deposit port 12 at the time of deposit
Is transferred to the temporary holding unit 16 via the payment path in which the transfer processing is carried out in the order of the deposit port 12, the identifying unit 14, the deviation correction mechanism 15, and the temporary holding unit 16.

When the deposit is confirmed, the banknotes are taken out from the temporary holding section 16 and the temporary holding section 16 → identification section 14 → cassette C1.
.. to C5 are transferred to the respective cassettes C1 to C5 through the storage path for carrying processing, and then stored.

When the deposit is canceled, the temporary holding section 16
The banknotes that have been stored in the above-mentioned manner are returned by the return route in which the banknotes are transferred from the temporary storage section 16 → the identification section 14 to the deposit / return port 13 through the return transport line L3 branched and connected to the upper transport line L1.

Further, at the time of withdrawal, the cassettes C1 to C4 corresponding to the denominations are conveyed to the temporary holding section 16 via the lower conveyance line L2 and the upper conveyance line L1, and the shutter is opened after the withdrawal transaction is confirmed. Allowed to be taken out from the dispensing port 13.

By the way, the discriminating section 14 is arranged on the common line of the upper and lower conveying lines L1 and L2, and in addition to discriminating by grasping the outer shape of the bill passing therethrough, the denomination judging element and the authenticity judging element. It has a passage confirmation function for each banknote and a deviation amount measurement function for measuring the deviation amount.

This is as shown in FIG.
A long identification line sensor 21 is provided in the conveyance width direction of 1 and L2, and the bill A guided in a horizontally long conveyance state is photoelectrically detected here, and the outer dimensions of the bill A and the bill A in the width direction are detected. The amount of deviation is detected. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, when the banknote A is conveyed in a state of being deviated in the width direction (deviation to the left side in the drawing), this deviation amount detection signal is output to the control unit and the deviation of the banknote A is detected. Find the quantity L.

The external dimensions of the bill A and its deviation L
When it is identified, the deviation correcting mechanism 15 provided in the previous stage of the temporary holding unit 16 is driven to correct the deviation of the bill introduced therein. As a result, even if the bills are eccentrically conveyed, they are corrected to an appropriate conveyance position in the preceding stage of the temporary holding unit by the correction operation of the deviation correcting mechanism 15, and the temporary holding unit 16 stably aligns and stacks them. To be done. Therefore, the temporary holding unit 16
In this case, stable alignment and integration can be always obtained, and stable feeding operation can be obtained even at the time of feeding. In addition, a rotary vane 19 for aligning and accumulating is arranged in front of the temporary storage section 16 to promote stable aligning and accumulating.

Further, since the identification section 14 has a function of accurately identifying the outer dimensions of the bill A, even if the bills are foreign bills or the like whose size difference greatly differs depending on the denomination,
If it is replaced with an identification part for foreign countries, it can be handled and the usage can be changed from domestic to foreign. Therefore, if the transportation line is common, it is possible to handle banknotes universally.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, if the exchange cassettes 41 and 42 for storing various kinds of used banknotes such as foreign banknotes are attached and detached, a large number of kinds of banknotes can be used and software can be changed. It can be applied as it is without changing the detection sensor system.

Further, since the bill A can be accurately identified by the identifying unit 14 during the bill storing process, the bill storing unit can be changed from a prescribed cassette to a reject cassette or the like depending on the contents of the discrimination. Therefore, it is possible to carry out the storing process according to the operating state of the depositing / dispensing machine.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a control circuit of the banknote monitoring system of the banknote processing apparatus 11, in which the CP provided in the control unit 51 is provided.
U52 connects the feeding mechanism 53, the identification unit 14, the deviation correcting mechanism 15, the stacking mechanism 54, the passage detection sensor S ...
Each circuit device is controlled in accordance with the program stored in the ROM 55, and the control data is stored in the RAM 56 so that it can be read.

The feeding mechanism 53 is provided in the deposit port 12, the temporary holding section 16, and the first to fourth cassettes C1 to C4, and C
The bills are fed one by one based on the feeding signal from the PU 52.

Further, the CPU 14a of the identification section 14 connects the identification line sensor 21, controls the identification information according to the program stored in the ROM 14b, and stores the control data in the RAM 14c so that it can be read out. The handling-permitted banknote data for collation is collated with the stored and managed data to notify the control unit 51 of detection information such as authenticity of bills, identification data of denomination, measurement data of deviation amount, and the like.

The deviation correcting mechanism 15 corrects the deviation banknotes conveyed on the basis of the deviation correction signal from the control section 51 to an appropriate conveying position. The stacking mechanism 54 includes a temporary holding unit 16
And each of the cassettes C1 to C5, the banknotes are stacked one by one on the basis of the integrated signal of the CPU 52.

The passage detection sensor S is mounted on each part for moving bills in and out to detect and confirm the passage of bills, and when the type of the passing bills is confirmed, the passage time sensor S ... Perform length monitoring.

The bill monitoring processing operation of the bill processing apparatus 11 configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Now, when the bill A passes through the identification unit 14, the identification unit 14 measures the type and the deviation amount from the external dimension data of the passing bill A and the like, and transmits this measurement data to the control unit 51. As a result, the control unit 51 correctly receives the data of the type and deviation amount of the passing banknotes for each passage based on the measurement data from the identification unit 14 (step n1), and the control unit 51 receiving the measurement data receives From this data, the light-shielding time monitored by the passage detection sensor S in the subsequent stage is calculated (step n2).

At this time, if the deviation amount of the passing bills is more than the allowable limit, the deviation correction operation is required (step n).
3), the control unit 51 outputs to the deviation correcting mechanism 15 so as to correct the deviation bill, and corrects the deviation of the bill A introduced therein (steps n4 to n5).

For a bill conveyed to the rear stage of the discriminating unit 14, a light-shielding time is set when the sensor passes through the discriminating unit 14 and thereafter, and the passage of the bill passing therethrough is detected and confirmed (step). n6 to n7).

As described above, since the size of the banknote can be accurately detected and confirmed by the identification unit, even if the foreign banknote or the like has a large size difference depending on the denomination, the size difference is accurately grasped and the usage is changed. be able to. In addition, since the identification unit has storage information such as external dimension data for accurately determining a bill at the time of this usage change, it is possible to deal with it only by exchanging the identification unit, and it is possible to omit the software change in the control unit. Therefore, if the transportation line is common, it is possible to handle banknotes universally. Further, since the bill can be accurately identified by the identifying unit during the bill storing process, the bill storing unit can be selected and stored according to the identification content. Furthermore, since the identification section can detect the deviation amount of the bill, it is possible to omit many sensors for detecting the deviation provided on the conveyance line, and the detection of the deviation amount of the bill can be configured at low cost. .

In the correspondence between the present invention and the configuration of the above-described one embodiment, the paper sheet processing apparatus of the present invention corresponds to the banknote processing apparatus 11 of the embodiment. Corresponding to the lines L1 to L3, the paper sheets correspond to the banknote A, the discrimination section corresponds to the identification section 14, the control means and the comparison means correspond to the CPU 52 of the control section 51, and the deviation amount is corrected. The means corresponds to the deviation correcting mechanism 15, but the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of a banknote processing device internally configured in a banknote depositing / dispensing machine of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a proper bill detection state of an identification unit of the bill processing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a state in which a discriminated bill of the bill processing apparatus of the present invention is detected as a deflected bill.

FIG. 4 is a side view of essential parts showing a foreign cassette to be exchanged and used in the banknote handling machine of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a control circuit block diagram of a bill monitoring system of the bill processing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a bill monitoring processing operation of the bill processing apparatus of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 ... Banknote processing device 14 ... Identification part 15 ... Deflection correction mechanism C1 to C5, 41, 42 ... Cassette L1 to L3 ... Conveyance line S ... Passage detection sensor A ... Paper money 21 ... Identification line sensor L ... Deflection amount 51 … Control unit

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A sheet processing apparatus for discriminating a sheet guided on a conveying path by a discriminating section, which passes through the outer dimension data of the sheet discriminated by the discriminating section and the discriminating section. A paper sheet processing apparatus provided with a control means for collecting transit time data of paper sheets. 2. Passage time detection means for detecting the passage time of a paper sheet on the conveying path is provided, and the passage time data of the paper sheet on the conveying path detected by the passage time detecting means and the paper sheet that has passed through the discrimination section. 2. The paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a comparing means for comparing the transit time data of the class. 3. A sheet processing apparatus for discriminating and conveying a sheet guided on a conveying path, and a discriminating section for discriminating an outer dimension of the sheet and a deviation amount of the sheet. A deviation amount correction means for correcting the conveyance deviation amount of the paper sheet discriminated by the discrimination section on the conveyance path, and a control means for controlling the deviation amount correction means based on the conveyance deviation amount of the paper sheet. A paper sheet processing device equipped.